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Herschel7624

From:
Matthew Fontaine Maury
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 November 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.140; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results. Outlines MM's project to catalogue all ninth and tenth magnitude stars by duplicate sweeps with different instruments and observers. Can JH offer suggestions?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7625

From:
Walter R. Johnson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 November 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.141.1 and 141.2; Reel 9
Summary:

[Form letter] Acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [Personal note on verso] Reports Association of American Geologists and Naturalists has extended its scope of interest and changed name to 'American Association for the Promotion of Science,' hoping to attract foreign scientists. As secretary, WJ invites JH to attend September meeting in Philadelphia.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7626

From:
Joseph Lovering
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 November 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.142; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results. Recently resolved Orion nebula with new refractor from Munich. Working now on annular nebula in Lyra.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7627

From:
Theodore Dwight Woolsey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 November 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.143; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results by Yale library. Pleased by references to recently deceased alumnus E. P. Mason.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7642

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
22 November [1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/6.9; Reel 9
Summary:

Send presentation copies [of JH's Cape Results] to foreign recipients in name of R.S.L. Treasury charges duty only if books are presented by individuals. Will present JH's list [of recipients] at next meeting of B.A.A.S. council. Congratulates JH on winning Copley Medal. Will transmit copy [of Cape Results] to Naples.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7836

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 November 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.40
Summary:

Close to finding expeditious, symmetric method for computing Bernoulli's numbers. Resolves four formulas that HW sent to JH earlier today.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7837

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 November 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.41
Summary:

Thanks for comments on HW's paper and work on properties of Bernoulli's numbers. Claims HW's method of continued subtraction is convenient process for determining numerical coefficients. Found error, long perpetuated in literature, regarding Bernoulli's 13th number. Offers correct solution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7838

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 November 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.42
Summary:

More calculations showing continued subtraction method in solution of Bernoulli's 13th number.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7839

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 November 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.43
Summary:

More calculations using continual subtraction method to test Bernoulli's 15th number.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7840

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 November 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.44
Summary:

More continual subtractions to resolve Bernoulli's 17th number. Error in official value given in Encyclopaedia Metropolitana. Also working on Bernoulli's 18th number.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7841

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 November 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.45
Summary:

Will submit paper to Cambridge [Philosophical] Society revising all [Leonhard] Euler's values for Bernoulli's numbers. Doubts accuracy of values up to B=49 quoted by George Peacock.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel89

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1847]
Source of text:
RGO 6.368.690
Summary:

Replies to JH's 1847-11-14, with respect to Hugh Percy and star charts.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9252

From:
George Eden
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 November 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.9
Summary:

Outlining his plan for a Scientific Manual for Naval officers. Would be glad if he would superintend its publication.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9253

From:
George Eden
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 November 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.10
Summary:

Is obliged for JH's readiness to assist in the preparation of the Admiralty Manual. Will put matter in hand at once.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9297

From:
William Empson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
18 November [1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.51
Summary:

Does he mean his paper will be ready for the printer by 10 Dec.? Should be at the binders by the 19th. Political signs need watching. Richard Jones is not well. George Peacock will be home next week.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9298

From:
William Empson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
22 November [1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.52
Summary:

Everything safe for Longmans. Let him know if he requires any separate copies. Richard Jones is better. William Whewell is mortified at being passed over by the Windsor invitation. George Peacock does not care; he is too happy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9299

From:
William Empson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
29 November [1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.53
Summary:

Do not strike out anything he has written. Has been suffering with nose-bleed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9365

From:
Edward Everett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 November 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.117
Summary:

Has received JH's volume and letter from Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland). Regards it as a valuable contribution to his library. Would like JH's opinion on the papers of Benjamin Peirce and his views on the planet Neptune.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9677

From:
Thomas Galloway
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 November 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.27
Summary:

Has received JH's letter and also the one of [J. H.?] Griesbach. These will be read at the next meeting of the R.A.S. Thinks enough has been written about E. J. Cooper's planets.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9678

From:
Thomas Galloway
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 November 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.28
Summary:

Outlining the circumstances leading to JH's name being proposed for the new council of the R.S.L. Hopes he will agree to his name being proposed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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